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Obama tells the troops: I won’t risk your lives

27.10.09
Barack Obama has pledged not to 'rush the solemn decision' to send more troops to Afghanistan as he weighs military options on what to do next in the eight-year-old war... more

Obama holds 'war council' as pressure grows on US strategy

08.10.09
BARACK OBAMA has held his first "war council" meeting as he seeks to change the US strategy in Afghanistan.... more

Iran flaunts its strength with new missile test

28.09.09
Iran today test-fired a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel, it was reported... more

Dave disappoints at Blenheim Palace

21.09.09
Some of the biggest names in corporate life were at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire on Friday night for the closing black-tie banquet at the annual Oxford Analytica conference, a big pow-wow on global politics and business... more

Bin Laden taunts Obama for fighting two ‘hopeless wars’

14.09.09
A tape apparently made by Osama bin Laden said Barack Obama was “powerless” to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... more

Sending more troops now could see them return sooner

18.08.09
The outline of a new co-ordinated action plan for Afghanistan is emerging from the shadows - and it is likely to mean that British fighting troops leave the country much sooner than most have been predicting.... more

Afghanistan to take years, says US chief

14.08.09
US defence secretary Robert Gates has presented a grim picture of the war in Afghanistan and admitted he cannot say when US troops will be able to leave... more

WORLD: Obama’s warning to Saudis: Stop cash to terror groups in Pakistan

03.06.09
Barack Obama begins his tour of the Middle East today with an appeal to Saudi Arabia to help curb the growing instability in Pakistan... more

Obama U-turn to block Iraq abuse photos

14.05.09
Barack Obama has ordered the first U-turn of his administration as he seeks to prevent the release of photographs that show the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan... more

Obama in surprise visit to Iraq

07.04.09
Barack Obama landed in Iraq for his first visit as US President only hours after a car bomb ripped through Baghdad... more

US admiral warns Iran has nuclear fuel to make bomb

02.03.09
Iran has stockpiled enough nuclear fuel to make a bomb, America's most senior military chief has warned... more

US combat troops to pull out of Iraq by next year

27.02.09
President Barack Obama will announce combat operations in Iraq will end on 31 August 2010... more

EU not sending enough troops to Afghanistan, says minister

19.02.09
Britain has criticised European countries for not providing a fair share of troops for the battle in Afghanistan... more

Presidential helicopters plan may be downed

18.02.09
Defence: One of the biggest US orders for British military equipment is under threat as the Obama administration has called for a full review... more

Obama holds fire on more troops to fight the Taliban

17.02.09
Barack Obama said he would "shortly" make a decision over whether to pour thousands more US troops into the Afghan conflict... more

Miliband and Clinton discuss Afghan 'surge'

03.02.09
Foreign Secretary David Miliband was meeting new US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington amid speculation that Britain will join a "troop surge" in Afghanistan... more

Now it's straight to work: Obama halts Guantanamo trials

21.01.09
Barack Obama has set out to confront the twin crises facing America: economic meltdown and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... more

Who's who in president's inner circle

20.01.09
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Bush flies in to rouse US troops

15.12.08
George Bush saw the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan at first hand as he flew into a US air base to rally the troops... more

Obama's new regime - it's too old school for my taste

03.12.08
There's a strange sense of political limbo here in America at the moment... more

Hillary's first job will be to tackle India

01.12.08
Hillary Clinton became the most powerful woman in the US government when she was appointed Secretary of State... more

Bush's defence chief to stay on under Obama

26.11.08
Robert Gates will continue as American defence secretary under Barack Obama as the president-elect prepares to bolster troops in Afghanistan and oversee a withdrawal from Iraq... more

Sarkozy keeps the new president on line for 30 minutes

07.11.08
Nicolas Sarkozy stole a lead on other world leaders in the race to build closer ties with president-elect Barack Obama... more

Obama lines up new team to resurrect US economy

07.11.08
Barack Obama was gathering together his economic advisers before addressing America about the greatest financial threat since the Thirties... more

The president’s key men and women wait for call to office

05.11.08
Barack Obama lost no time in planning the key appointments that will shape his presidency... more

Yes he did – the day change came to the US

05.11.08
Barack Obama faces a mountain of problems as President - but his runaway triumph today gives his country fresh hope... more

US troops in Iraq 'may have to halt operations'

22.10.08
The US Defence Secretary gave warning of "dramatic consequences" if Washington and Baghdad failed to agree a security deal for American forces in Iraq... more

Obama 'might favour' Boeing over Airbus

11.09.08
Engineering: Analysts are trying to second-guess US presidential candidates' positions on the disputed US Air Force tanker deal... more

Russians ease grip on Georgia

18.08.08
Russia was under mounting pressure from the West today to honour its promise to start pulling its troops out of Georgia... more

Rice flies in to underline US support for Georgia

15.08.08
The US Secretary of State was flying into the Georgian capital as international efforts to end the escalating conflict with Russia were stepped up... more

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